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Article: Marvel re-introducing Black Panther
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- February 6, 2005
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The Black Panther, comics' first major black superhero, is on the
prowl again.
And Reginald Hudlin, the writer of the Panther's new series, is
working to make sure the character gets the respect -- and the
readership -- Hudlin thinks he deserves.
The Panther, who debuted in Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four" in
1966, has had his own series before, including a critically acclaimed
but saleslenged run written by Colorado Springs resident Christopher
Priest. But he's never crossed into the top tier of Marvel's heroes.
That top tier, though, is where the Panther belongs, Hudlin says.
The Black Panther, after all, is royalty, king of the reclusive
African nation of Wakanda. He's a warrior and a ...